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Too Little Too Late: Violence Disrupts Maternal Health Care in Conflict Settings
“One of the first victims of war is the health care system itself,” said Marco Baldan, the chief war surgeon for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Violence directed at health [...] → Read More
Driven to Care: Improving Transportation to Reach Maternal Health Care in Conflict Zones
How much time passes between a laboring woman’s decision to seek care and her arrival at a health facility? Transportation for emergency obstetric care should be swift and timely, but for many [...] → Read More
Death From Delay: Improving Maternal Health Care in Conflict Zones
How much time passes before a woman—or her relatives—decide to seek care or emergency medical services during pregnancy? It often depends on how much they know about the services available.This [...] → Read More
From Day One: Malawi President Joyce Banda on Girls Ages 0-10
“Over 130 million girls around the world are not in school through no fault of their own,” said Her Excellency Joyce Banda, former president of the Republic of Malawi, at the launch of her new [...] → Read More
One Woman’s Story: Preeclampsia Goes Untreated in Ethiopia
“This is a woman who did exactly what she was supposed to do; she did exactly what we encourage pregnant women to do,” said Amy Dempsey of the Population Council at a recent Wilson Center event [...] → Read More
Faith in Family Planning: Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancies
“When you enable a family to be able to time and space their children, you actually improve the overall health of that family,” said Dr. Alma Golden, the Deputy Assistant Administrator of USAID’s [...] → Read More
Dr. Belen Garijo: “I Believe We Need To Do Better” For Caregivers Across The World
“As many as 865 million of our mothers, daughters, sisters across the globe are not reaching their full potential to contribute to their national economies,” said Dr. Belén Garijo, CEO for [...] → Read More
The Costs of Caring: Balancing the Burden of Caregiving for Women and Men
“The act of caregiving has unique impacts on women, in terms of economic, emotional, and physical well-being,” said Dr. Belén Garijo, the CEO for healthcare and executive board member of Merck [...] → Read More
Strengthening Health Systems Improves Healthcare for Women, Children, and Youth
“We cannot achieve our goals of ending maternal and child deaths without addressing critical health system barriers around the world,” said Grace Chee of the U.S. Agency for International [...] → Read More
The Burden of Care: The Impact of Progressive Policies
The burden of care—the time, energy, and costs of caring for other people—is growing, and women shoulder the heaviest load. This burden can have negative consequences for businesses, too, as it [...] → Read More
City Kids: The Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal Health of Urban Adolescents
“All or most of the children living in these communities are by nature vulnerable,” said Melanie Yahner of Save the Children at a recent Wilson Center event on the sexual, reproductive, and [...] → Read More
The Big Picture: Measuring Efforts to Build Resilience
“Resilience isn’t an outcome,” said USAID Resilience Coordinator Greg Collins at a recent Wilson Center event on measuring resilience; it is “the ability to manage adversity and change without [...] → Read More
Innovations in Midwifery Save Mothers’ Lives: Q&A With Geeta Lal
To prevent maternal mortality, we need new approaches to this very old problem. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s Midwifery Programme, which operates in 120 countries, recently [...] → Read More
Can We Fall in Love With the Problem? Monica Kerrigan on Innovations in Maternal Health
“Innovation happens when there are pioneers that stick with it,” says Monica Kerrigan, vice president of innovations at Jhpiego in a podcast from the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative. [...] → Read More
Reaching the Farthest Behind: Maternal Health Innovations at the Facility Level
“Innovation happens when there are pioneers that stick with it,” said Monica Kerrigan, vice president of innovations at Jhpiego. “How can we—each one of us—be part of the change process?” [...] → Read More
A Little Respect: Improving Maternity Care
“Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth is a very widespread phenomena with different manifestations,” said Rima Jolivet from the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) during a recent [...] → Read More
Doris Chou on Measuring Maternal Health in the SDG Era
“How do we present things in a responsible way?” asks Dr. Doris Chou of the World Health Organization (WHO) during a Wilson Center panel discussion on “Maternal and Women’s Health, Two Years In: [...] → Read More
Saving for a Rainless Day: Microfinancing for Resilience
“The sooner you save, the better off you’ll be in life, wherever you live, at whatever age you start,” said Sophie Romana, director of community finance at Oxfam America: “Saving is the key.” [...] → Read More
Maternal and Women’s Health, Two Years In: Measuring Progress Towards Meeting the SDGs
“The aspirations of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs are really high, and the data that will enable that have a long way to go,” said Rachel Snow from the United Nations Population Fund at a Wilson [...] → Read More
The Economic Costs of Child Marriage
“It’s essentially an issue of a lack of viable alternatives,” said Quentin Wodon, lead economist for the World Bank’s Education Global Practice at a recent event on child marriage at the World [...] → Read More